Site of Mission Vieja

California State Historic Landmark 161

03/13/98#161This tablet was erected by Walter P. Temple and blessed by Right-Reverend John J. Cantwell, bishop of Monterey and Los Angeles July 31, 1921, to commemorate the founding of Mission San Gabriel Archangel, on this ground, at Old Mission by Rev. Fathers Angel Somero and Pedro B. Gambon Sept. 8, 1771.